In a continuing effort to crack down on abusive users and harassment on the site, Twitter will now let you mute all users who don’t have avatars, i.e., the eggs. That and more in today’s news.

Many anonymous Twitter users who tweet abusive language at people never bother changing their avatar from the default egg image, which is why Twitter is adding a filter that lets you mute them from your notifications. You can also mute users who haven’t verified their email or phone (another common trait of abusive users with multiple accounts) or mute specific words from your notifications. [Twitter]